THE ONLY TRUE STORY BEHIND THE CREATOR OF MARY POPPINS The remarkable life of P.L. Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins--perfect for fans of the movie Mary Poppins Returns and the original Disney classic "An arresting life...Lawson is superb at excavating the details." -- Library...
As the Disney/Cameron Mackintosh production of the musical Mary Poppins prepares to open on Broadway in October 2006, P.L. Travers, the creator of the quintessentially British and utterly magical nanny, is brought to vivid life in this comprehensive biography. 8 pages of photos...
Biography of Australian-born author P L Travers (1899-1996), best known for her series of children's novels featuring the magical nanny Mary Poppins. She was born in Queensland as Helen Lyndon Goff and died in London aged 96, having been an actress, journalist and poet, as well...
The story of Mary Poppins, the quintessentially English and utterly magical children's nanny, is remarkable enough. She flew into the lives of the unsuspecting Banks family in a children's book that was instantly hailed as a classic, then became a household name when Julie Andrews...